... This is just the latest in a long series of crises that always seem to lead our wise rulers to the same conclusion: we just cannot afford freedom anymore.

... The long-serving prime minister is facing charges of bribery, fraud, and breach of trust in three separate cases. Netanyahu has pled not guilty, calling the charges part of a “witch-hunt” against him.

“We will soon have no choice but to address how our legal doctrines apply to highly concentrated, privately owned information infrastructure such as digital platforms” wrote Thomas.

Archeologists in Jerusalem’s Old City have discovered a box containing artifacts including a rare silver “Tyre Coin,” which, they believe, might have been used by pilgrims to pay the Temple tax during the reign of King Herod.

Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA), an ordained minister who pastored Martin Luther King Jr.’s church in Atlanta, claimed on Easter Sunday that the holiday transcends the resurrection of Jesus Christ and that both Christians and non-Christians can save themselves by doing good.

The U.S. Census Bureau reported in late March that 11.1 percent of K-12 students in the nation are now homeschooling, a significant jump from 5.4 percent when school closures went into effect...

The writer, producer, director and lead actor in a film about the U.S. Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion in the United States said his purpose for making the film was for the public to see the truth about and the history of the case.

Worried about online misinformation amid race riots, the coronavirus pandemic, and political division, a Minnesota librarian is hosting online training for church congregations to spot disinformation and "make sense of everything around me."

...Easter is over. But the work of ministry on this side of heaven is never over.

...The shoes will reportedly contain 66 CCs of red ink and 1 drop of human blood in its sole. Other features of the infernal footwear are a pentagram pendant over the laces and “Luke 10:18” written on the side, a Bible verse about Satan’s fall from heaven.

...“Please get out, get out of this property, immediately get out,” Pawlowski told the six police officers who were standing inside the entrance to the church. “Get out of this property immediately.”

Pandemic-related stimulus, ultralow rates and changes in buyer behavior are turbocharging markets from Europe to Asia.

...."There's more in this package...for charging stations for electric vehicles –$174 Billion– than there is for roads, bridges, airports and ports," Blunt said.

Christian families in a village in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh fled after villagers belonging to a tribal religion ostracized and threatened to kill them if they did not convert back to their ancestral religion, but the 10 Christians who could not flee were beaten and forced to “reconvert,” according to a report.

...Despite ORU’s initial, promising success in academics and athletics, its eventual decline revealed the limits of evangelical institution-building in late twentieth-century America.

The Nation of Islam, which the suspect accused in Friday afternoon's attack at the Capitol had reportedly identified himself as following, has a long history of antisemitism and bigotry, as does its leader, Louis Farrakhan. 

We are all understandably eager to look ahead to the post-COVID world we have all been longing for.

....The court also identifies the university’s flip-flopping and hostility to Meriwether’s religious views as evidence that the matter was not about applying an established policy in a neutral way but rather about targeting the professor for his Christian beliefs.

Christianity's most joyous feast day was celebrated worldwide with faithful sitting far apart in pews and singing choruses of "Hallelujah" through face coverings on a second Easter Sunday conditioned by pandemic precautions.

New congregations have put their initial public gatherings on hold for six months or more.

Police entered the sanctuary of a Catholic Church during a Good Friday service and threatened worshippers with a fine if they did not immediately leave.  

The suspect in Friday's deadly Capitol attack described himself as a follower of Louis Farrakhan, head of the Nation of Islam.